JONATHAN DI BELLA

Biography

Jonathan Giovanni Di Bella (born August 18, 1996) is an Italian-Canadian kickboxer , currently signed with ONE Championship where he is the current and two-time Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion . He was ranked as a top ten bantamweight kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kickboxing between November 2022 and May 2023. Di Bella began his young career in the five boroughs of New York City. Di Bella began practicing martial arts at his father's Di Bella Kickboxing gym, where he acquired a Kyokushin karate black belt. He began his young career in the 5 boroughs of New York City. He would go on to win 20 consecutive fights as an amateur kickboxer, with 13 of those victories coming by way of stoppage. Di Bella made his professional kickboxing debut against David Weintraub at Battle of the Millenium 3 in Brooklyn, New York on June 10, 2016. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout, as he stopped his opponent with low kicks, after he knocked him down twice with left straights.